Schoharie, NY is a small town located in upstate New York. The town is governed by a mayor and four trustees, with the mayor serving as its chief executive. All five of these elected officials are responsible for overseeing the town's budget, policies, and infrastructure improvements. The Town Board meets regularly to discuss local politics and make decisions on behalf of the Schoharie population. In addition to this local board, there are also two state senators and one representative who represent Schoharie at the state level. These representatives help to ensure that local issues are addressed in Albany as well as in Washington D.C. Residents can get involved in local politics by attending meetings or voting during elections held for the Town Board members, state representatives, and other elected officials. Residents can also join various civic organizations that focus on important political matters within Schoharie or contribute their voices to conversations about local government initiatives through online forums, comment sections, or letters to the editor of local newspapers.
The political climate in Schoharie, NY is moderately conservative.
Schoharie County, NY is strongly conservative. In Schoharie County, NY 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schoharie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.0% to 34.0%.
Schoharie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Schoharie, NY is moderately conservative.
Schoharie County, New York is strongly conservative.
Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
New York is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Schoharie, New York: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Schoharie, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 234 contributions totaling $30,515 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 171 contributions totaling $48,089 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)